Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Methionine adenosyltransferase 1a antisense oligonucleotides activate the liver-brown adipose tissue axis preventing obesity and associated hepatosteatosis

  • Diego Sáenz de Urturi,
  • Xabier Buqué,
  • Begoña Porteiro,
  • Cintia Folgueira,
  • Alfonso Mora,
  • Teresa C. Delgado,
  • Endika Prieto-Fernández,
  • Paula Olaizola,
  • Beatriz Gómez-Santos,
  • Maider Apodaka-Biguri,
  • Francisco González-Romero,
  • Ane Nieva-Zuluaga,
  • Mikel Ruiz de Gauna,
  • Naroa Goikoetxea-Usandizaga,
  • Juan Luis García-Rodríguez,
  • Virginia Gutierrez de Juan,
  • Igor Aurrekoetxea,
  • Valle Montalvo-Romeral,
  • Eva M. Novoa,
  • Idoia Martín-Guerrero,
  • Marta Varela-Rey,
  • Sanjay Bhanot,
  • Richard Lee,
  • Jesus M. Banales,
  • Wing-Kin Syn,
  • Guadalupe Sabio,
  • María L. Martínez-Chantar,
  • Rubén Nogueiras,
  • Patricia Aspichueta

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28749-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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High methionine and S-adenosylmethionine serum levels are related with obesity. Here the authors show that knockdown of methionine adenosyltransferase by using antisense oligonucleotides provides beneficial effects in obesity and comorbidities.